Day 1

I have been low carb for a little over 3 hours now.  HAHA.  I'm surviving though!  I would be carb free if I had checked the carb content of my Spark :/  It has 11g/serving so I haven't completely sabotaged myself though.  I'm shooting to consume 50g of carbs/day or lower.  This is going to be challenging but all I can think of is "RAPIDLY losing weight".  RAPID weight loss seems so amazing.  I'm so excited.  I could have results by the end of the month.  I could be significantly thinner by Thanksgiving.  I could have a HOT bod by Christmas!  Do you know what this does to my diet confidence?  I feel as though I have a will power I didn't know existed.  I know I sound ridiculous right now since it's the first morning of my diet but please understand that I feel differently about this!  I didn't sleep a wink last night (seriously, didn't doze off AT ALL) so my go-to remedy would be a nice big fat mocha with an extra shot to get me going.  I resisted that temptation and went for the Spark instead.  Also, it's really hard to come up with carb free breakfast alternatives since I'm allergic to eggs.  Oatmeal has carbs.  Cereal obviously has carbs.  Bagels are out.  My beloved jelly donuts are out.  Fruit is out due to the natural sugar content.  What am I to do?  I got frustrated grocery shopping yesterday so I gave up and thought I'd wing it this morning.  Not the best thinking on my part because I get lazy if I don't have a meal planned out and just get whatever sounds good.  I went to Safeway and got ham lunch meat.  I know it sounds weird, it's not your typical breakfast!  It feels weird to eat plain ol' ham for breakfast but I have visions of a bikini bod and dammit nothing is going to get in the way of making that vision a reality!!

2 Things.

I've learned 2 things today.
1. By going low carb, a lady lost 35 pounds in 30 days! This is totally inspiring to me.
2. Vodka has ZERO carbs.  I'M SOLD!!

Low Carb? Hmm...

I'm playing with the idea of a low carb diet.  I have heard countless stories of people doing Atkins and losing weight then gaining it all back.  I truly believe that once I have lost my weight I will be so happy that I will continue to work hard to maintain my weight loss. I'm researching the best/easiest way to have a successful low carb diet and am going to go grocery shopping and come up with a meal plan this weekend.  I'm excited to start this journey!  I'll keep you posted with my SUCCESS!!

My Fitness Pal?

My best friend Stephanie has been telling me I need to use My Fitness Pal!  I signed up a couple years ago and never really used it.  I promised her I would give it another shot after I got settled back into my routine after Vegas (not hardly sleeping for 4 nights takes a toll on you!).  Anyhoo, I've been looking at it this morning and I really like it!! I tracked my breakfast and it was an eye opening experience since my breakfast alone was nearly half of my daily calorie allowance. OOPS. I have a million things I need/want to do (i.e.: read The Gabriel Method, start juicing, plan all my meals, freeze 100 cal cupcakes for when sweet cravings hit, exercise, blah blah blah) and I don't know where to start so I've decided to just start here and try to add things in the mix as I get more time. I know that I NEED to lose weight and I WANT to lose weight too. UGH!! Why is this so hard for me? I'm trying so hard to stay positive. Here's the link to my profile on My Fitness Pal if you want to follow my progress! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/hurstmonkey

Round 2

Hi guys! I'm baaaack. Summer has been crazy for me, it's constantly been one thing after another! I only have 2 more big things happening this summer (Gentry starts school next Tuesday and Hayden turns one on Sept. 16th!) so I've decided it's time to get back on the wagon with this diet shit. I returned from Las Vegas yesterday and I didn't eat or drink nearly enough! ;)  The food and drinks were so good there but SO expensive! Too expensive for my cheap ass.

I don't really have a plan or a direction I want to go this time around, but I KNOW I need to find something that works for me! Seeing all those skinny bitches in Vegas was more than enough inspiration to get my fat ass back on track!

Progress?

We're back from a wonderful week at the beach!  I pulled every muscle in my right quad going up and down to the beach, it was STEEP.  I thought I did some serious damage to my knee because it was super swollen and would pop every time I moved it!  I'm all healed up though and even went to the gym this morning!  I really feel like not stressing over every single thing I put in my mouth is making a difference.  In a way, I feel free.  Before when we would get a fruit tart at work (google them, DELISH) or go to a birthday party I would ALWAYS have a pity party because I wanted to eat the sweets!  I would eventually give in and totally overdo it to the point that I would feel sick about it.  Now I just think nah, I'm not hungry, I'll pass, knowing in the back of my head that if I want something sweet later I can have it.  I did weigh myself when we got home from the beach just to see if this way of thinking was completely sabotaging everything I'm trying to do and I'm so proud to say that I'm down 2 pounds.  2 pounds, and it doesn't even feel like I had to work for it!  I am so happy right now, not stressing over my diet is giving me more energy to focus on other things, like exercising!  It's way too hot to take the kids out walking right now, it's been in the 100's since Sunday, but I'm making more of an effort to get down on the floor and crawl around and play with them.  It feels good, they make me so happy <3

Tired.

Hi guys! Long time no post. I'm not gonna lie, I'm super frustrated with my progress (or lack there of).  I dropped all sugar for a week and lost .4 pounds. POINT FOUR! What the fuck?! I am so tired of focusing on the number on the scale. The one time I had successfully lost weight before, I didn't own a scale. I don't want to give up but when I am trying super hard and lose under a half pound it is SO frustrating and I have the urge to go to Taco Bell, Starbucks and get a big fat Pepsi. I think to get my head in the right place again I need to focus on eating right, exercising and NOT obsessing by the number on the scale. For now I'm going to stay away from the scale and judge my progress based on how my clothes fit. I also have found that if I have a good week and lose 2 or 3 pounds, I feel like I deserve a reward, which is usually food. Tomorrow we leave for the beach and I'm not going to stress about my diet while I'm there. I'm actually not going to stress about anything! When we return home, I'm going to make a big effort to get to the gym at least 3x per week, eat healthy and focus on ME.